The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith is a marvelous BBC documentary from a few years back that I was pointed to by Richard Metzger. It is available to see on YouTube in nine parts. The first part is above.
Around when nickname: Rebel started up, me and Mike used to joke that we should follow the Fall on tour and when Mark E. Smith sacked the entire band one night, we would step in and become the Fall and finish the tour. We did not make it to one show. I was mad jealous when Jason Martin played (as part of Bunnybrains) a CMJ showcase a few years back with Guitar Wolf and The Fall. I remember he told me that Mark E. asked him where he could find a good bar in that part of New York. Watching this documentary, some musical moments still give me the chills. Cruisers Creek? So good.
The Fall’s latest LP (the 29th or something) was released Tuesday. It’s Your Future Our Clutter and you can get it as a CD or download.
Mark E. Smith’s story of the Fall is Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
The Fall Online has all the other info you might need
